beads-superpowers: Instructions file for Claude Code

CLAUDE.md

beads-superpowers CLAUDE.md is an instructions file for Claude Code from DollarDill/beads-superpowers. It costs 6,291 tokens per session, scanned C, original, MIT.

A project instruction file for beads-superpowers, a set of guidelines for coding agents. It emphasizes thinking before coding, keeping changes simple, and working toward a clear goal.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to guide an agent’s behavior before and during coding tasks, including how it handles uncertainty and limits changes.
Why use it?
It helps prevent unnecessary code, hidden assumptions, and broad changes when an agent works in a project.

Instructions file for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: SessionStart hook event. Also seen: reads .claude/ paths; mentions CLAUDE.md; mentions subagents.

This is DollarDill/beads-superpowers's own configuration. It tells Claude Code how to work on beads-superpowers itself, so it is not a mod to install elsewhere. Copy it as a starting point and replace the rules that are about this project. Everything beads-superpowers configures →

Reuse

Borrowing it

Nothing to install: this file belongs to DollarDill/beads-superpowers. Take a copy, put it at the same path in your own repository, and replace the rules that are about this project with yours.

Copy the file
curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/DollarDill/beads-superpowers/main/CLAUDE.md
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/DollarDill/beads-superpowers

Made for: Claude Code.

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Sonnet 5 $0.01258 $0.01258
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Security

Grade C, and why

beads-superpowers CLAUDE.md scanned grade C with 2 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 8d ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Recursive force deletehighDestructive command

rm -rf with a variable or a broad path is one typo away from removing the wrong tree.

rm -rf directory # NOT: rm -r directory

Makes network callslowCapability

Not a fault in itself. Listed so you know the mod talks to something, and to what.

- `install.sh` — curl installer with 3-tier fallback chain (plugin system → npx → tarball/git clone). SHA-256 checksum validation, atomic rollback via staging directory, lazy prerequisites. Auto-detects Claude Code, Code
CLAUDE.md · 290 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 290 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

beads-superpowers — Agent Instructions

Behavioral guidelines to reduce common LLM coding mistakes, plus project-specific instructions.

Canonical agent-instruction file for all harnesses. AGENTS.md is a symlink to this file. Sections that name a specific harness (e.g. the Claude Code plugin cache, DCI in SKILL.md) apply only to that harness — other agents can skip them. Windows note: AGENTS.md is a git symlink; on Windows enable git config core.symlinks true (or Developer Mode) before cloning, or it checks out as a text file containing the path.

Tradeoff: These guidelines bias toward caution over speed. For trivial tasks, use judgment.

1. Think Before Coding

Don't assume. Don't hide confusion. Surface tradeoffs.

Before implementing:

  • State your assumptions explicitly. If uncertain, ask.
  • If multiple interpretations exist, present them - don't pick silently.
  • If a simpler approach exists, say so. Push back when warranted.
  • If something is unclear, stop. Name what's confusing. Ask.

2. Simplicity First

Minimum code that solves the problem. Nothing speculative.

  • No features beyond what was asked.
  • No abstractions for single-use code.
  • No "flexibility" or "configurability" that wasn't requested.
  • No error handling for impossible scenarios.
  • If you write 200 lines and it could be 50, rewrite it.

Ask yourself: "Would a senior engineer say this is overcomplicated?" If yes, simplify.

3. Surgical Changes

Touch only what you must. Clean up only your own mess.

When editing existing code:

  • Don't "improve" adjacent code, comments, or formatting.
  • Don't refactor things that aren't broken.
  • Match existing style, even if you'd do it differently.
  • If you notice unrelated dead code, mention it - don't delete it.

When your changes create orphans:

  • Remove imports/variables/functions that YOUR changes made unused.
  • Don't remove pre-existing dead code unless asked.

Read the full file on GitHub · 290 lines

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 8d ago First seen · 290 lines · 6,291 tokens per session scan C 78ee24d49857

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beads-superpowers CLAUDE.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository DollarDill/beads-superpowers (26 stars, last pushed 16d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 6,291 tokens to every session, about $0.0315 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it C with 2 findings (recursive force delete, makes network calls). No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.

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